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Evogene Establishing Biofuel Feedstock Field Trials in Texas and BrazilEarthtimes (press release)… on semi-arid land, are being developed by Evogene to serve as a sustainable and cost efficient second-generation feedstock for biofuel production. …E…

Asia Pacific to be Global Ethanol Hub by 2012EmailwireIt also contains details government supports, Kyoto Protocol, second-generation biofuel production, cost analysis and several other aspects of the industry. …

BusinessWeekWith IPO, Tesla Hopes to Raise $100 MillionInc.com924 on Inc.'s 2009 5000), a Redwood City company that crafts designer enzymes for biofuel production, filed its IPO documents in late December. …Tesla electric-car company plans IPOSan…

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded on Monday 112 service contracts for the development of renewable energy sources, with investments expected to reach as much as P66.8 billion. “It is expected that these investments will …

While a lot of the attention has been focused on gadgets, software and services that will convince the consumer to engage with home energy management, an untapped area for opportunity for startups and incumbent players alike will be utility applications. That was one of the themes that came out of our Smart Grid Bunker Session […]

TIANJIN, China — China vaulted past competitors in Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United States last year to become the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, and is poised to expand even further this year. China has also leapfrogged the West …

How global warming is changing wine production around the world.

Fars News AgencyIran Asks for Brazil's Cooperation in Biofuel ProductionFars News AgencyBrazil is considered to have the world's first sustainable biofuels economy and is the biofuel industry leader, a policy model for other countries. …

Aspergillus fumigatus – a common but sometimes lethal soil fungus

Aspergillus fumigatus is a fungus found commonly in ordinary garden soil. When the spores of the fungus are inhaled, It can also cause disease–sometimes fatally in those with already compromised immune systems and respiratory disease such as COPD. Doctors who treat the illness have long-recognized that in some patients, the fungus is resistant to standard treatment with chemicals called azoles. The problem becomes potentially worse as azoles are also heavily used as farm fungicides. A team of Dutch researchers (Verweij and Kema), reporting in last December’s edition of the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases suggest that over-use of the farm fungicide may be contributing to the growing resistance of this fungus to the disease-fighting chemicals.

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Yet renewable energy may be doing more for China’s economy than for the environment. Total power generation in China is on track to pass the United States in 2012, and most of the added capacity will still be from coal. China intends for wind, solar …

Sometimes, advancing the common good is hard. It costs more time, more money, and requires sacrifice. But when it comes to adding more renewable energy sources to Austin’s publicly owned utility, doing the right thing is easy. The set of …

SOMERVILLE — Freeholders have unanimously authorized the issuance of a $500,000 bond to help jump-start a new renewable energy program that could be operational by early 2011. The county announced last year it was mulling the creation of a public …

New York Times Workers in a blade mold at a wind turbine factory in Tianjin, China, in December. As China takes the lead on wind turbines and solar panels, President Barack Obama is calling for American industry to step up. TIANJIN, China — China …